# Making Meatloaf for the first time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [June 2, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392 "2021-06-02T04:11:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392/61 "2021-06-22T03:43:16Z")
Many years ago I had a neat meatloaf recipe that I have long since lost, but wish I still had: **Sweet-and-Sour Meatloaf**. It was on the back of a box of All-Bran Flakes, so obviously that was an ingredient. IIRC it also included some scoops of condensed orange juice, mustard powder, and minced green pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392/62 "2021-07-04T15:15:23Z")
Yesterday I made a meatloaf for the first time without doing any measuring. My loaf is extremely basic- usually onion, hamburger, sauce, egg, and filler. I added a little salsa to the sauce. My lightbulb moment was mixing everything but the filler, and then adding it gradually until I could lift the loaf out of the mixing bowl as a coherent blob, and plop it into the pan. It turned out not bad. eta: my filler is usually oatmeal, because I love my sis’s meatloaf and oatmeal was in recipe from an ancient children’s cook book. This time I started with a little oatmeal, and then added Stovetop Stuffing until it was the desired consistency. I had once tried nothing but Stovetop, but didn’t care for the results. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392/63 "2021-07-04T16:32:00Z")
I made meatloaf (1-1/2 lb. hamburger), 2 eggs, 1-1/2 C. lightly crushed seasoned croutons, a bit of milk. I topped it with a little each of ketchup and Korean bbq sauce (sweet and hot). It was scrumptious and I am ashamed to admit I polished it off within 24 hours. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392/64 "2024-12-19T10:54:16Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > > **Making Meatloaf for the first time** > > > > Isn’t that a chapter in one of Pamela Des Barres’ memoirs. > > I was going to suggest hiring Jim Steinman, but you beat me by 2 days, and with a better joke. Was it a better joke? I looked them both up on Wikipedia, and at least Steinman’s article mentions an association with Meat Loaf. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392/65 "2024-12-19T18:35:00Z")
I made meatloaf last weekend and cooked it on the smoker with hickory. Very good, probably a B+. 2 lbs chuck (80/20) 2 lbs beef & pork ‘meatloaf mix’ (80/20) 1 lb Italian sausage One large onion, minced 3 beaten eggs 8 oz Ital. breadcrumbs I didn’t measure the rest but toasted sesame oil, sage, thyme round out the mix. Two loaves on a perforated tray with a second larger tray below to catch the copious drippings. Glaze with brown sugar, cider vinegar & mustard (4:1:1). Minus half a letter grade because the onions were a little undercooked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392.md?page=3)